Is this Putin’s ‘secret hideout 18 miles from NATO border’?

New video has emerged claiming to indicate Vladimir Putin‘s secret northern hideout – simply 18 miles from Russia‘s border with NATO.

The dictator, 71, is accused of ‘stealing’ a scenic waterfall and a slice of commandeered nationwide park – bigger than Monaco – for his lake-and-forest retreat.

A neighbour simply two-and-a-half miles away is reported to be former Chelsea tycoon, Roman Abramovich, 57.

The alleged secret bolthole which Putin is claimed to share with lover Alina Kabaeva, 40, a world well-known gymnast, is beside the picturesque 13ft Marjalahti waterfall.

He has a modernistic gazebo in full view of the wonder spot, sealed off from bizarre Russian individuals, in line with impartial information outlet Dossier Centre.

However the MailOnline has been unable to confirm the footage, and it might have used AI or particular results so as to add the buildings in. 

The retreat is supposedly within the Lake Ladoga National Park in Karelia – as far north because the Faroe Islands – however near the Russian NATO border with Finland.

There are a number of buildings and a tell-tale signal that that is a part of an enormous Putin portfolio of secret properties and palaces hidden from the Russian individuals.

‘Behind the barn you may see an everyday mound,’ stated Dossier journalist Ilya Rozhdestvenskiy.

‘It is just not recognized for sure what precisely this web site is for, however judging by satellite tv for pc photos, it appeared within the final couple of years.

‘It is feasible that an air defence system is being displayed right here…..

‘This is just not the primary time that marks on the bottom – from the helps of army tools deployed in fight positions from the air – have protected the President.

‘Since the start of the battle, all of Putin’s fundamental residences have been lined by the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft system.

‘The barn is extra like a reception home.

‘Inside there’s a lounge, its personal brewery, and a tea room on the second ground.

‘The constructing has a pool or fountain.’

The retreat has a ‘separate underground entrance, a helipad and a pier for yachts [on Lake Ladoga], in addition to the gazebo reverse the waterfall.’

The so-called ‘fisherman’s hut’ has its personal helipad and pier.

Semi-precious stones are used within the inside ornament.

Nearby is a bathhouse, trout fishery and farm, a marbled beef farm and a secluded gazebo with breathtaking views of the lake.

‘Here the president can take pleasure in nature in full solitude.

‘You can get right here not solely by air [helicopter], but in addition by yacht. To do that, Putin has an entire flotilla at his disposal.’

Just two-and-a-half miles away is a mansion, sauna and restaurant which, says Rozhdestvenskiy, is owned by Abramovich, as confirmed by entries within the Russian Real Estate Registry.

A lodge close by is owned by Yuri Kovalchuk, an outdated buddy of Putin and reputed to be the dictator’s ‘private banker’.

‘Kovalchuk has created a community of firms that take care of the president’s leisure actions and are chargeable for all of his actual property, together with the well-known [Black Sea] palace close to Gelendzhik and the mansion in Valdai, the place the pinnacle of state visits most frequently,’ stated the report on YouTube channel Khodorkovsky.Live.

‘Abramovich is just not a part of Putin’s interior circle however has all the time been near the best echelons of energy,’ in line with the report.

On Putin visits to his northern luxurious retreat ‘native safety is changed by FSO officers.

‘The entrances are blocked, and neighbouring islands [on the lake] are blocked.

‘The homes are fenced, with CCTV cameras and movement sensors on the fences.

‘There is barbed wire working by way of the adjoining forest.’